Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-12-23

Mt the bottom Of IL. That means that
was to look up the words one by one
In the dictionary and counting each
word rs one and the next one below as
two, the third one was the key TO that
particular word. When tho nsmcral
appeared Mt tho beginning of dispatch
was to use the same method but count
upwards, Sometimes If the dispatch
was to be very secret numerals were
run In the text, and in that case was
to take the last. / lit the gas, and get
ting the dictionary wrote out the dis
patch. Here is transation:
"'Scll Lake Shore Immediately, ut
most quantity possible You may be
sure l had no more sleep that morning.
When the paper came looked up the
stocks, although there was nothing
there but what had known before.
Lake Shore was firm and to my notion
II seemed better property to buy than
to sell. Still, as / said, l had great
faith in Old Virgins and hoped his
pointer was on good authority, al
though who in Buffalo had been in q
position to know more about stocks
than was known in Chicago l couldn't
for the life of me tell"
"Oh, Buffalo isn't so slow as some
people would like to make out" said
the party from that city.
mo" replied the jealous Toledo
man, "slowncss implies some move
mont however impcrceptible. Buffalo
stands still"
"Well, it don't go backwards like
Toledo" said the man from Milwau-
kce.
Gentlemen, gcntlcmcnn' I cried,
"no more of this. All lake cities are
great, especially Detroit. Let the man
from Illinois go on with his story"
II was the first man in tho Board OF
Trade building that morning. was
rather nervous but sold Lake Shore
stock rs il owned the road and could
deliver it on the spot. / engaged sew
eral others to sell for me rs well, and
those who had confidence in the stock
seemed to think it was concerted
movement to bear it and they rallied to
its support. so that instead of going
down under the pressure the stock
crept slowly up. At last tho amount |
had sold began to appal me. My hair
stood on end as realized what rise
of few cents would do for us.
IL began to wish that Wiggins would
show up, and | concluded not to sell
any more until he came.
''At this moment one of the biggest
operators on the board got n dispatch
that evidently made him vince. He
had bought heavily. md after strutting
round as though nothing had happened
he began to cover. More kilograms
came in, and before five minutes the
news was every ones property. At
midnight the express from Buffalo had
gone down Mt Ashtabula and it was
said at first that not passenger had
escaped. The bottom dropped clear
out of Lake Shore stock rs quickly rs
the bottom had dropped out of that
bridge. | knew that it was the train
that Virgins had been on, and
chuckled Mt his presence of mind in
E'N'i'rS AhS iii'SoA'FS' ~ hsNA
probably gone through before messages
had been stopped, aud u, it was in
cipher the operator had not objected to
1t, although l don't know rs that
would have mattercd, for it said moth
ing about the accident, l was not
alarmed about my partner, as had
had the message from him ter the nc
cident.
WAS he hurt at allP" inquired the
Milwaukee man. taa .t
THAT is what we never found out I
have never seen Wiggins since. 1t was
generally supposed that he was killed
and burned with the others. went to
Ashtabula, but never got any trace of
him or his body. Yet his friends in
Buffalo saw him off on that train"
"Then who in Heavens name sent
the dispatch?" cried the Toledo man.
you've got me there again. re-
piled Mr.. Blunt.-Lnke Sharp, IN De-
troH Free Press.